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AAP Grand Rounds 13:56-57 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Investigators from The Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne, Australia carried out a prospective cohort study to assess the incidence and nature of awareness during anesthesia in children. This study was "nested" in a larger study of behavioral changes in children after hospitalization and anesthesia. Patients ages 5 to 12 years having general anesthesia for any procedure were eligible for the study. Study children were randomly enrolled from each days operating room schedule. The type of general anesthesia provided was not controlled. Following anesthesia, enrolled subjects were asked a set of screening questions at 3 different times; the first or second day, the third day, and finally the 30th day post-anesthesia. Behavior changes were assessed at 30 days post-anesthesia. One of the principal investigators interviewed all cases of possible awareness and generated a case report. The reports were reviewed
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of North Carolina, UNC Childrens Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC |
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